01-09-2018, 02:09 AM
The Bundys skated on the 2014 Nevada stand-off charges.
They're free to gather up militias and threaten LE with loaded weapons again. Not because they were found 'not guilty', but because Nevada Judge Gloria Navarro dismissed the cases against them.
The judge initially declared a mistrial because she said federal prosecutors had blatantly violated the Bundy gang's due process rights and failed to hand over evidence to the Defense.
She skewered the Feds and told them to get their shit together or else. Well, apparently the Feds did not get the message and today Judge Navarro dropped the charges against Cliven, Ammon and Ryan Bundy.
![[Image: bundys.jpg]](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4401410.1513804968!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/original_620/bundys.jpg)
These guys are a menace and should be behind bars, in my opinion. However, they're absolutely entitled to a fair trial. If the federal prosecutors withheld evidence and denied them due process, the judge did the right thing.
Montana militia leader Ryan Payne (bottom right) had already pleaded guilty to conspiracy and faces more than three years in prison. He's trying to withdraw his guilty plea. I'm not sure that's wise, considering Judge Navarro added more time to Jerry DeLemus's sentence when he tried that same tactic.
Refs:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-bund...story.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cliven-bund...las-vegas/
They're free to gather up militias and threaten LE with loaded weapons again. Not because they were found 'not guilty', but because Nevada Judge Gloria Navarro dismissed the cases against them.
The judge initially declared a mistrial because she said federal prosecutors had blatantly violated the Bundy gang's due process rights and failed to hand over evidence to the Defense.
She skewered the Feds and told them to get their shit together or else. Well, apparently the Feds did not get the message and today Judge Navarro dropped the charges against Cliven, Ammon and Ryan Bundy.
These guys are a menace and should be behind bars, in my opinion. However, they're absolutely entitled to a fair trial. If the federal prosecutors withheld evidence and denied them due process, the judge did the right thing.
Montana militia leader Ryan Payne (bottom right) had already pleaded guilty to conspiracy and faces more than three years in prison. He's trying to withdraw his guilty plea. I'm not sure that's wise, considering Judge Navarro added more time to Jerry DeLemus's sentence when he tried that same tactic.
Refs:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-bund...story.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cliven-bund...las-vegas/